Charge and Specifications vs Col Masatoshi Fujishige, et al. for Atrocities in Batangas in 1945

2. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near San Jose, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 23 January 1945 to about 18 March 1945, did willfully and unlawfully attempt to kill Sofia MOOG, Rosenda MOOG and about four (4) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

3. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near San Jose, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 23 January 1945 to about 18 March 1945, did willfully and wrongfully burn and destroy houses and other public and private property, in violation of the laws of war.

4. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Cuenca, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 3 February 1945 to about 11 March 1945, did willfully and unlawfully kill Andres AGUILA, Pedro AGUILA, and about three hundred fifteen (315) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

5. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Cuenca, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 3 February 1945 to about 11 March 1945, did willfully and unlawfully attempt to kill Guillermo AGUILA, Luis JOBLI, and about five (5) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

6. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Cuenca, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 3 February 1945 to about 11 March 1945, did willfully and wrongfully burn and destroy houses and other property, in violation of the laws of war.

7. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Tanauan, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 9 February 1945 to about 28 February 1945, did willfully and unlawfully kill Magdalena RIVERA, Lamberto BARRIENTOS, and about eight hundred twenty-four (824) other Filipino and Chinese civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

9. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Tanauan, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 9 February 1945 to about 28 February 1945, did willfully and unlawfully burn and destroy houses and other property, in violation of the laws of war.

10. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Santo Tomas, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 11 February 1945, did willfully and unlawfully kill Juanity [either Juanito or Juanita) LACSON, Norma MALVECINO, and about six hundred three (603) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

11. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Santo Tomas, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 11 February 1945, did willfully and unlawfully attempt to kill Soledad V. LACSON, Gliceria M. MALVECINO, and about six (6) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

12. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Santo Tomas, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 11 February 1945, did willfully and wrongfully burn and destroy houses and other property, in violation of the laws of war.

17. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Lipa, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 15 February 1945 to about 26 March 1945, did willfully and and unlawfully attempt to kill Geronimo BISCOCHO, Briccio MABILING, and about nine (9) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

18. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Lipa, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 15 February 1945 to about 26 March 1945, did willfully and and wrongfully burn and destroy the said town of Lipa, in violation of the laws of war.

19. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Taal, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 16 February 1945 to about 18 February 1945, did willfully and and unlawfully kill Irinea ALMANZOR, Eusebia NAVARRO, and about two hundred forty-four (244) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

20. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Taal, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 16 February 1945 to about 18 February 1945, did willfully and and unlawfully attempt to kill Eufemia BANAAG, Hilario LARGO, and about ten (10) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

21. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Taal, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 16 February 1945 to about 18 February 1945, did willfully and and wrongfully burn and destroy houses and other property, in violation of the laws of war.

26. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Bauan, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 28 February 1945, did willfully and and unlawfully attempt to kill Francisco MANIGBAS and about one hundred (100) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

27. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Bauan, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 28 February 1945, did willfully and and wrongfully destroy private and religious property, in violation of the laws of war.

28. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Sulac, Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 5 March 1945 to about 12 March 1945, did willfully and and unlawfully kill Margarita MARAVE, Maximo MANGUBAT, and about one thousand (1,000) other Filipino civilians, in violation of the laws of war.

29. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, at or near Sulac [more correctly, Barrio Sulok or Santa Cruz, Santo Tomas], Batangas Province, Philippine Islands, during the period from about 5 March 1945 to about

33. In that Masatoshi FUJISHIGE, Zenichi UEHARA, Hajime OHNO and Gensuke TAKAHASHI, or members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces under their control and acting with their permission, during the period from about 23 January 1945 to about 26 March 1945, did undertake and put into execution a plan to kill a large portion of the civilian population of Laguna and Batangas Provinces in the Philippine Islands, systematically to rob and pilfer from, private persons and religious and public institutions, and to devastate and destroy public, private, and religious property, as a result of which more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) men, women and children, all unarmed, non-combatant civilians were mistreated, wounded or killed and settlements were partially or entirely destroyed without military necessity, all in violation of the laws of war.